Monthly Archives: February 2012

Here Are Some Exercises You Can Do At Home To Learn Alexander Technique

Most Alexander teachers hate the question, “So can you give me some exercises to do at home to get good Alexander Technique?” Alexander isn’t so much a set of things that you do as a letting go of needless postures. … Continue reading

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Here’s Where You’re Wrong!

Fewer than one percent of the world’s Alexander Technique teachers teach the Technique full-time (more than 25 hours a week). Almost all Alexander teachers have fewer pupils than they’d like. Alexander pupils are scarce and therefore particularly precious to the … Continue reading

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Give Up Your Sticks!

A familiar and painful emotion I feel frequently is shame. It got instilled in me early in life that I was bad. That I didn’t measure up. That I was a real rotter. I was letting everyone down. I was … Continue reading

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Should You Sit Up Straight?

I was talking to a group of psycho-therapists the other day. I said every emotion requires a particular alignment of the body. Lose that alignment and you’ll lose the emotion. For instance, when you take up your full space in … Continue reading

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Talking To Psycho-Therapists About Alexander Technique

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